Liquid-vending apparatus.



F. TURNER.

LIQUID VENDING APPARATUS. 3

A'PPLIUATION FILED JULY 14', 1908l l 91]!05748. yPatented Jan.26, 1909.

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Specication of Letters Patent.

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Patented Jan. 26,1909.

Applies@ nga my 1t, 190s. seria No; 443,482.

To al'wwm 'it concern: .A 15e it known that I, Fnnnnrn TURNER, a .citizen of theUnited States, ,residing at Nor- Wood, in the county of Lucas and State 'of Iowa, 'have invented new and useful Improvements in Liquid-V ending Apparatus,

of which the following is a specification.

rllhis Invention relates to liquid vending apparatus, the object of the invention being to provlde simple and reliable means Whereby the contents of a keg or other suitable supply tank or reservoir may be drawn oli or served, the mechanism for delivering the liquid being cpin controlled so that the opera tor, by depositing a coin in the machine may obtain therefrom a quantity of liquid.

` With these and other objects in view, the natureof which will more fully appear as the 'description proceeds, .the invention resides 1n the novel construction, combination and 'n rrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described and claimed.

gf In the accompanying drawings the iigure illustrates a side elevation of the improved vendnlig apparatus, arts being 'shown in sectlo to morecleary illustrate the det ils. ofthe device.

Referring to the.'accom anying drawings the numeral 1 designates t e service pipe of theimproved vending apparatus. This pipe 1 is adapted to be connected with a liquid rece tac e such as a keg adapted to contain the. quid to'be dis ensed. The ke or apparatus'containing t e liquid, it is to lie understood, is supplied with a suflicient quantity' of com 'ressed air to allow the free delivery of the 'quid from the keg when the valves connected with the service pipe 1 are thrown *Open The service pipe 1 may extend any desired distance fromthe receptacle where it is provided with a terminal delivery spout 2 der which a vessel may be held to receive the liquid. Atl a suitable point removed from thespcnt '6 is arranged what I term a primary 'valve 3, while between said valve and spout 'is arranged a branch p e 4 wlriliplh gate and secured to the stem 6 of this gate is a pivoted weighted link 7 The weight 7 is adapted to normally close the gate of the valve 3 and thus normally retain the service the valve.

'pipe 1 closed at its point of connection with f rivotauy connected Wanne link ris an erin which is `hingedly securedto a sultable' throat 16 within the tu L`ed link 21. 21 is suflicient to norma y retain the gate of the valve 20 in a normally closed position, so

bracket 9 provided. by the cup 5. Attached to the free end of the arm 8 is a valve opening arm 10. This arm 10 has a ortion of its' body provided with a vertical y extending slot 11 adapted for the reception of a headed member 12, by which the arm is retained in proper position upon the cup 5. rhe u per portion of the arm 10 is provided wit an arcuate face 13 which normally projects vthrough an' opening 14 provided upon the horizontal portion of a coin tube 15. This coin tube 15 is provided with 'a suitable vertically disposed coin entrance throat 16,'and

.the tube 1s also provided with a longitudinally extending ush rod 17 having its inner end provided with an arcuate face or linger 18. By this arrangement it will be noted that as a coin 19 is assed through the Ee 15 itis deposited between the arcuate faces or lingers of .the rod 17 and the arm 10, and that upon forward pressure of the rod 17 the coin will be forced to contact with the face 13 of the rod 10, thus forcing the rod downwardly causing the arm 8 to rock upon its pivot and the ink 7 to raise the gate of the valve l3, thus allowing the liquid to flow through the pipe 1 from the keg or receptacle.

In order to prevent the liquid from flowing directly through the delivery spout 2 when the valve 3 is operated, the pipe 1 is provided with an outlet valve 20 ositioned adjacent the delivery spout 2. T is valve 2O is also provided with a sliding gate, and the stem of the gate is pivotally connected with a weight- Theweight rovidedby the link that when the valve 3 is operated to open the gate of the valve the liquid from the kegv or v othersource of supply will flow through the pipe 1 and through the branch vpipe 4 to the cup or receptacle 5 .Connected with the upper portion of the link 21- is a hell crank lever 22, which is pivoted as at 23 to any suitable support and the horizontal arm of this lever is provided with a flexiblev element 24 by which it is connected with the ush rod 17. By this arrangement it vw` be noted that afterthe rod 17 has been forced within the tube 15 so as to cause the coin 19 lof the arm 8 operating the valve 3, the liquid will liow through the piwpe 1 and the branch'v l pipe 4 into the'c'up. 5. hen the coin 19 has 'and allowing the liqlu been forced past the up er portion of the face 13 the gate of the va ve 3 will be closed through the medium of the Wei ht provided by the link 7 and the face 13 o the arm 10 returned to normal position. As the rod 17 is forced forward Within the tube 15 a suitable distance, after operating the valve 3, the flexible element 24 engaging the bell crank lever 22 Will rotate the same upon its pivot 23 thereby raising the gate valve 20 id #within the cup 5 to ivery or outlet spout 2'. In order to return the rod 17 to its' initial position the rod is provided with a suitable enlargement or abutment 25 adapted to be contacted by` a suitable helical spring 26 preferably positioned Within the coin tube 15.

Having thus fully described the invention what is claimed as new is:

In a vending apparatus, a service pipe iioW through the4 de liquid cu provided with a delivery spout, valves upon i the service ipe, a branch ipe having a etween the va ves7 weighted links fort e valves, a sliding arm connected with one of the links, a bell crank lever connected With the link of the opposite valve, a push rod having an arcuate ace, a iiexible connection between the 'push rod andthe bell crank lever, and-said push rod adapted to contact a coin to engage the sliding arm to operate the first valve and to operate the second valve after the first valve has been' returned to closed position In testimony whereof I alix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDDIE TURNER.

- Witnesses:

J .I B. Rusia, C. M. YOUNG. 

